Disability Theory (GSDD5200)

UNIT OF STUDY

Students will examine a range of historical and contemporary theoretical views of disability, and the way that these views inform personal and societal responses to disability. Perspectives covered will include (but not be limited to) the human rights approach; biopsychosocial perspectives including the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF); the social model of disability, and cultural perspectives. Students will examine international developments such as the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (2006), the World Report on Disability (World Bank and WHO, 2011) and the WHO Global Action Plan on Disability 2014-2020. Australian disability legislation and policies will be critiqued to identify the theoretical approaches, values and power relations underpinning these initiatives.

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